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Rare variants in a newly identified Alzheimer’s disease risk gene, raising the risk of the disease by around two-fold

A reasearch team used a family-based approach to track down low-frequency Alzheimer’s risk variants, sequencing the exomes of individuals from more than a dozen families impacted by late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

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Genomes Unzipped provides genetic testing customers with the knowledge and tools they need to make the most of their own genetic data

To review the products currently on offer from genetic testing companies and to illustrate fundamental concepts in genetics, the collaboration shares the results of the scientific analysis of their own genomes.